A touching story Reporter who does not like to be touched meets man who likes to touch reporters Mark Frauenfelder

solar power Utah City spends $400,000 on stainless-steel slides in the desert Jason Weisberger

Games Ubisoft lost a billion and a half dollars last year Grant St. Clair

travel Wisconsin's fiberglass mold graveyard lets you climb inside a whale Popkin

politics Andrew Cuomo: Has jumper cables, will run as independent Jason Weisberger

victorian era How a teenage diarist scandalized the nation in 1902 with a thirsty Victorian memoir Ellsworth Toohey

book reviews Review: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson Gareth Branwyn

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music Green Day to Chili Peppers: Artists rally for fire-ravaged Los Angeles Mark Cerulli

cats Avian-flu contaminated raw pet food recalled after indoor cat dies Jennifer Sandlin

History History's most catastrophic costume party, hosted by a mad king who thought he was made of glass Ellsworth Toohey

Comic Books "Alter Ego" is a great new crime novel about IP, AI, and comic book industry con artists Thom Dunn

politics NC's Mark "Black Nazi" Robinson sues CNN Jason Weisberger

mexico CIA rapist tried to claim diplomatic immunity, sentenced to 30 years in prison Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures YouTuber believes squirrels are his friends Jennifer Sandlin

Comics "Mary Tyler Moorehawk" is Johnny Quest meets Infinite Jest by way of Jack Kirby Thom Dunn

History The Soviets mastered photo manipulation long before the age of Photoshop Carolyn Townsend

mistakes Sonoma County District Attorney admits story of 6-year-old dying of fentanyl overdose in playground was fabricated Rob Beschizza

drugs "Fentanyl exposure" is not a thing Mark Frauenfelder

Entertainment Gary Gulman's new comedy special on growing up poor Ruben Bolling